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' His Maty has named my Lord John Berkeley of Stratton, who was some yeares since Lord Leut of Ireland to goe as Chiefe of Embassy of ye Mediation, to ye treaty at Nimmeguen, and according his Lop has made and received his visitts to ye ministers & principal of ye Court.
' His Majesty has been pleased to conferr on ye Lord George Douglas, he yt commands ye Scotch regiments in France, ye dignity of an Earle of Scotland.
' It's notorious yt ye late Lord Viscount Purbecke being of ye name of Villers, 8 or 10 yeares agoe recovered that dignity and name, & haveing suffered a recovery of it in ye formes of law took upon him ye name of Danvers. He being dead his eldest son who hath been bred many yeares in Portugall is returned home, & has resumed his former name and quality, intending to restitution of ye House of Lords, in order to wch on Tuesday last he kissed his Maty's hand.
' On Tuesday last Monnr Schwenn, Envoye from ye Eler of Brandenburgh, had audience of his Maty, when he delivered his letters of credence, ye present subject of wch was to congratulate his Matye's

Newsletter from London reporting events related to the East Indian Company and "States of Zealand." Transcription available from The Collection of Autograph Letters and Historical Documents formed by Alfred Morrison: The Bulstrode Papers (1897), Vol. 1, pages 278-279.

Transcript footnote:

1) Robert Wright, afterwards Villiers, and subsequently Danvers, 1624-1675, was the son of Viscountess Purbeck by Sir Robert Howard, on account of adultery with whom she was divorced from her husband. He married a daughter of Judge Danvers, and assumed that name, but though he had joined with his mother’s husband as his son and heir apparent in the sale of some lands, he on the Viscount’s death in 1657 disclaimed the peerage, and sat in the Convention Parliament of 1659 as M.P. for Westbury. He died at Calais, and his son Robert Villiers, 1656-1684, immediately assumed the title of Viscount Purbeck, but on his petition as to his right thereto being referred to the House of Lords it was decided against him. Having wasted his fortunes he went abroad, and was killed in a duel at Liège by Colonel Luttrell.

Language

English

Format

Manuscripts; Newsletters

Extent

1 item (2 pages on 1 leaf)

Digital Object Type

Text

Physical Collection

Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of English Manuscripts

Collection Area

Manuscripts & Archives

Digital Collection

Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection

Collection Description

The over 1450 newsletters in the Pforzheimer Collection were produced by the newsletter offices of either Sir Joseph Williamson or Edward Coleman in London and sent to subscriber Sir Richard Bulstrode between 1667-1689 while he was stationed in Brussels. These handwritten newsletters represent early correspondence journalism and contain proprietary information for subscribers about proceedings in parliament, activities of the military and royal family, and court gossip that by law could not be printed in public newspapers. In reciprocation, Bulstrode and other subscribers around the English realm and Europe mailed accounts of news and politics from their host regions along with copies of local newspapers back to London.

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Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin

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' His Maty has named my Lord John Berkeley of Stratton, who was some yeares since Lord Leut of Ireland to goe as Chiefe of Embassy of ye Mediation, to ye treaty at Nimmeguen, and according his Lop has made and received his visitts to ye ministers & principal of ye Court.
' His Majesty has been pleased to conferr on ye Lord George Douglas, he yt commands ye Scotch regiments in France, ye dignity of an Earle of Scotland.
' It's notorious yt ye late Lord Viscount Purbecke being of ye name of Villers, 8 or 10 yeares agoe recovered that dignity and name, & haveing suffered a recovery of it in ye formes of law took upon him ye name of Danvers. He being dead his eldest son who hath been bred many yeares in Portugall is returned home, & has resumed his former name and quality, intending to restitution of ye House of Lords, in order to wch on Tuesday last he kissed his Maty's hand.
' On Tuesday last Monnr Schwenn, Envoye from ye Eler of Brandenburgh, had audience of his Maty, when he delivered his letters of credence, ye present subject of wch was to congratulate his Matye's